Individual Details

Josiah Jackson Childers

(13 Feb 1842 - 28 Jan 1883)

His first name is spelled on Josia on his marriage record.
He migrated to MO at the beginning of the Civil War and fought in the 47th Infantry, CO C in MO.
He's living next door to his sister Susan Childers Ketcherside on the 1870 Iron Co., Mo.
On the 1880 Census he is listed as John.
He enlisted in the Union Army on August 30, 1864, for a period of six months, mustering in on September 4, 1864, at Pilot Knob. He was assigned to Co. "G", 47th Regiment, Mo. Infantry, under Captain Mace. After withdrawing from Fort Davidson in the middle of the night they skirmished to Leesburg and later to Rolla. He mustered out at Benton Barracks, St. Louis Co. on March 28-29, 1865. ( Information from Wilma Cofer)
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1870 Township 33 Range 3 East, Iron Co., Mo.
Childers Josiah 27 M W farm
Sarah 23 F W Keeping house TN
Jane 4 F W at home Mo
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006

Name: Josiah Jackson Childers
Service Info.: PVT US ARMY CIVIL WAR
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1842
Death Date: 28 Jan 1883
Cemetery: Stouts Creek-Childers Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Ironton, MO 63650

Death Information
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=4fee9948-327c-44e8-9065-0f85b0f4adfa&tid=5119414&pid=-1498630668

Information
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=381dd75d-4098-4991-9a06-a94160fcc6d8&tid=5119414&pid=-1498630668

Events

Birth13 Feb 1842Polk Co., Tennessee
Residence1850District 76, Reynolds, Missouri
Residence1860Iron, Iron, Missouri
Military1863Civil War, Fort Davidson in Pilot Knob, Mo.
Residence1870Township 33 Range 3 East, Iron, Missouri
Residence1880Arcadia, Iron, Missouri, United States
Death28 Jan 1883Pneumonia - Iron Co., Mo.
Alt nameJackson
Alt nameJohn Childers

Families

FatherBurrel Childers (1811 - 1880)
MotherElizabeth Hannah Atkinson (1807 - 1880)
SiblingSusannah Childers (1828 - 1913)
SiblingElizabeth Childers (1836 - )
SiblingNancy Jane Childers (1838 - 1925)
SiblingArchibald W. Childers (1839 - )
SiblingMargaret Childers (1841 - )
SiblingBurrell "Burl" Thomas Childers (1842 - 1937)
SiblingSarah Angelina Childers (1844 - )
SiblingHannah Childers (1849 - )
SiblingMatilda Childers (1854 - 1893)

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